Phillip Boykin's Broadway Buzz

The stars just keep on coming! Tony nominees Carolee Carmello and Phillip Boykin have joined the lineup for Broadway Classics at Carnegie Hall, a concert featuring show-tune standards that will play the famed music hall on November 29 in the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage.

This week’s regional theater guide highlights the stage returns of three TV actors, as well as musical productions featuring two very different audience favorites. From sunny California to the mountains of Massachusetts, five of the most intriguing shows around the nation are spotlighted in our summer-fun Countrywide Guide.

The music of Ragtime filled the air at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall on February 18 as an all-star cast breathed new life into Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens’ Tony-winning score. The one-night-only concert performance starred Tony winner Lea Salonga as Mother and Tony nominees Norm Lewis as Coalhouse Walker Jr., Manoel Felciano as Tateh, Patina Miller as Sarah ...

A new crop of stars has been added to the Drama League's 29th annual Musical Celebration of Broadway gala, honoring five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald. Hosted by McDonald's former Private Practice co-star Taye Diggs and her Raisin in the Sun castmate Phylicia Rashad, the event will be held at the Pierre Hotel on February 11.

What once was Lea, now is Lilla! Broadway's own little orphan Annie, Lilla Crawford, will play The Little Girl in the upcoming concert performance of Ragtime at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall on February 18. (Fun fact: Glee star Lea Michele played the role in the original production in 1998.) Newsies' Lewis Grosso will play The Little Boy ...

Disney’s recent buyout of LucasFilm has the entire entertainment industry buzzing now that three new Star Wars movies are in the works. Disney already has a hand in some of Broadway’s splashiest musicals, and with action spectacles like Spider-Man and the upcoming King Kong musical becoming a norm on Broadway, it wouldn't be a huge surprise should ...

The audience at the 2012 Tony Awards on June 10 were transported from the Beacon Theatre to Catfish Row when the cast of the Best Revival of a Musical winner Porgy and Bess took the stage. Five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald along with nominees Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier deliciously sang snippets of “Summertime,” “I Got Plenty of Nothing ...